Posted on 08/24/2022 5:28:53 PM PDT by algore
Hackers are breaking into unsuspecting victims’ Cash App accounts, a massively popular payment app, and stealing hundreds of dollars, according to victims Motherboard spoke to. In one person’s case, they said, Cash App has not reimbursed them for the stolen funds.
Cash App is one of the most popular payment services apps, with over 50 million downloads from the Google Play Store. Cash App also gained some infamy for large scale cash giveaways on social media. The app is owned by payment services company Block, which was formerly known as Square. Jack Dorsey runs the company.
Marvis Herring, another target, told Motherboard that hackers attempted to steal $1,400, in the form of two installments of $700. In those cases, Herring believes his bank blocked the fraudulent transactions.
Motherboard saw many other people reporting on social media that their Cash App accounts had been compromised in some way.
On fraud websites, dark web marketplaces, and social media, multiple people appear to be selling login details associated with Cash App accounts. Some of these peoples’ listings specify that the logs contain the email address and password for a linked email account. Some of the listings may be scams, but those on the dark web marketplaces come from fraudsters who have received positive feedback from alleged customers, according to the review system that is common on such sites. One listing for hacked Cash App accounts said the vendor has sold that specific item multiple times.
“Our Cashapp accounts are of the highest quality and we provide them at the most competitive prices on the market today,” one listing reads. “Full Information Presented Recently Compromised.”
The listing says that buyers get the hacked login credentials, the victim’s cookie file, and information such as what IP address the victim used. This sort of information can be useful to fraudsters to trick sites or apps into letting them log in as the user.
Yeah, but that’s nothing like Nana’s check kiting scheme. Or Ma and Pa’s shoe swindle racket.
“I don’t have a cash app, or any apps on my phone. “
For the people who use their phones to pay for stuff, what will they do in a future when phones are more commonly used for this and the police confiscate their phone for some reason?
For that matter, since there are few to no public pay phones, how will they call 911 or call for a ride or other help?
These phones are way too insecure.
I think somebody should come up with a chip or something that can be implanted in your body so the police can’t take it. Have it so you can pay stuff with the chip. Shoot, make people have to pay with the chip so you don’t have criminals using cash and stuff. As a bonus they could probably make it so it has a GPS transponder so in case you got lost people could find you.
I’ve been listening to the trial for the truck driver in the crash with all of those motorcycle riders in New Hampshire from three years ago.
I was listening to the part where he is interviewed after the accident. He claimed to not be distracted by his phone, and the police ask if they can have his phone so they can download it.
“So if you just let us do that we can get the phone back to you a lot quicker. Otherwise we have to get a judge and a warrant and that takes a long time. But you said you have nothing to hide, so we can just take it now and get it back to you sooner.”
“That’s fine. So I’ll get my phone back before I leave?”
“Well it won’t be that fast, but it will be a lot quicker this way.”
“Sure - okay. So when do I get my phone back? I need my phone.”
All the guy cared about was getting his phone back. When they read the release form it said something about how any information regarding any crime could be used as evidence gained from the phone. I imagine that a warrant would be limited only to evidence related to the crash.
OTOH, the defense has been using the interview as a plus (so far). “Didn’t the defendant agree to all of your requests? He answered all of your questions? He allowed you to search his possessions? He was not disagreeable? And in the three hours that you spent with him in conversation, driving him to the hospital to get checked out, during the interview, did he appear to be impaired in any way due to alcohol or drugs?”
“’But you said you have nothing to hide,,,’”
I’d say it’s likely we all have something to hide from “the law”..we just don’t always know what that something is.
“I think somebody should come up with a chip or something that can be implanted in your body so the police can’t take it. “
That chip should be implanted in the head and have a bit of remotely detonated explosive...just “for the children” you know.
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